Impalow Posted August 4, 2015 Author Share Posted August 4, 2015 Thanks dr. Kerry! Made some solid progress tonight. So I'm pretty happy.. Added piping to the interior, made some floormats, and painted the tub... Then started the assembly. Still a lot of detail work to do.. Pedals, seat belts, door handles, gauges etc.. But you get the idea, looks like the Alien ride at the carnival, and that's what I was going for.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StyreneDestinations Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Coolest. Gremlin. Ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Clutch Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Lookin good ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codi Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Eric, great choice of colors and your floor mats are killer....along with the rest of it. Gotta be having fun with this one. Good luck on the rest. Cheers, Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horsepower Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Cool, it's a " "Four Wheeled, One Eyed, One Horned, Flyin' Purple People Eater" sort of, I had to add the four wheeled part, but that's what it made me think of, really like what you have going here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LouO Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 This thing is FREAKIN awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrKerry Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Wow, that interior is out of this world!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impalow Posted August 5, 2015 Author Share Posted August 5, 2015 Thank you guys for all the kind words! Should be getting back on this project tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impalow Posted August 9, 2015 Author Share Posted August 9, 2015 Progress!! Finished up a lot of the interior details, and painted the chassis... Tonight I was able to finish up the engine assembly and chrome all the chassis parts and wheels. Hopefully a rolling chassis will be complete soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Beautiful paint and detail.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim boyd Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Eric....great stuff! Really cool Streat Freak build idea and I love both your creativity and the quality of your workmanship. Way to go, man! Cheers...TIM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DumpyDan Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Nice work, this is a great looking car. Love it, and that motor..............WOW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landman Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Oh to be so neat! Beautiful craftsmanship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James2 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Looks great Eric, nice job with the alclad too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixx Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 That's just so freekin awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustybill1960 Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Fantastic! Thanks for sharing Later Russ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impalow Posted August 11, 2015 Author Share Posted August 11, 2015 Thank you guys!! Your compliments and encouragement mean a lot! Quick update... Finished the interior, ground down the slicks and assembled them with the new 5 slot mags from forward resin (grabbed these off eBay, really nice parts!) Annndd now the fun part.... Body work done and white primer on... bring on the nail polish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrKerry Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Wow, engine looks awesome!!!! As does the interior!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Clutch Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 That paint is top notch! Did you color sand it all???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddyfink Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Very nice! The engine looks like a Jewel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impalow Posted August 12, 2015 Author Share Posted August 12, 2015 Thanks guys!! That paint is top notch! Did you color sand it all???? No color sanding yet... This is all nail polish with duplicolor enamel clear... straight from the rattle can. First round of masking done! Going with purple panel paint on a green body... a little deviation from my original plan but, i think it will work out for the best. My plan, which I hope works.... Is to mask off and paint the purple panels first, then im going to apply a vinyl "fingerprint" style mask that i cut out on my vinyl plotter. Once that is done, I will fog the outside edges with Alclad Hot Metal Violet. This creates a pretty cool candy effect on the pearl purple. After that is good and dry, im going to peel all the mask and then re-mask the purple panels so I can paint the green, edge panels with BMF (simulate silver leaf).. This is all a bit tricky due to how transparent these bright colored nail polishes are.. add that to the fact i have never really done multi-tone paint on something this small... got the old brain working overtime. Crossing my fingers and hoping for the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astroracer Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 If I could make a suggestion? Maybe you already have this in your plan but, if you shoot a light coat of clear around your taped edges it will "seal" the edge so no color can seep under the tape. If there is any seepage with the clear you won't see it. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impalow Posted August 12, 2015 Author Share Posted August 12, 2015 If I could make a suggestion? Maybe you already have this in your plan but, if you shoot a light coat of clear around your taped edges it will "seal" the edge so no color can seep under the tape. If there is any seepage with the clear you won't see it. Mark Any and all suggestions are welcome! I'm kinda making this up as I go along here.... and bringing everyone with me.... I will give that a try, cant hurt! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impalow Posted August 12, 2015 Author Share Posted August 12, 2015 Technology is a cool thing.... Paint masks ready to go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impalow Posted August 13, 2015 Author Share Posted August 13, 2015 Sorry for posting like a mad man today, but I'm excited... Paint masks worked perfectly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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